Bill Text: TX HB865 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the application for funding for certain workforce development programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB865 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB865-Introduced.html
  88R4108 KSD-F
 
  By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 865
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application for funding for certain workforce
  development programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
  amended by adding Section 302.0465 to read as follows:
         Sec. 302.0465.  DIRECT FUNDING APPLICATION. (a) The
  commission shall adopt a plan to allow nonprofit service providers
  to apply for funding directly from the commission if the local
  workforce development board is nonresponsive.  A local workforce
  development board is considered nonresponsive if, as determined by
  the commission, the board:
               (1)  is not fulfilling the board's statutory
  requirements; and
               (2)  has not met at least 80 percent of the performance
  standards established under this chapter and other applicable
  federal and state law for two consecutive program years.
         (b)  The plan adopted under this section may include an
  application for funding for:
               (1)  job training programs funded under the Workforce
  Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Section 3101 et seq.);
               (2)  postsecondary vocational and technical job
  training programs that are not part of approved courses or programs
  that lead to licensing, certification, or an associate degree under
  Chapter 61, 130, or 135, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter
  88, Education Code;
               (3)  adult education programs under Chapter 315;
               (4)  employment services programs;
               (5)  support services provided for recipients of
  financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code; and
               (6)  employment and training programs for recipients of
  supplemental nutrition assistance under Chapter 33, Human
  Resources Code.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules
  necessary to implement Section 302.0465, Labor Code, as added by
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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